YAMAGUCHI — Tetsunari Iida, head of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, will run for governor of Yamaguchi in July, sources said Sunday.

The 53-year-old promoter of renewable energy, from Shunan in Fukushima, has supported efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in electricity through natural energy sources on Iwaishima Island in the prefecture, where Chugoku Electric Power Co. plans to build a nuclear plant.

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